Setting up a Rust server with Windows

help/question - I accidently killed the command window that Rust was running from. (Windows Server 2012/R2) and now rust won't start. the rusdedicated.exe is there as is the csharp compiler but the EXE is not using and CPU and killing and restarting is does not help

does Rust corrupt? any thoughts?

 

You should try saving all your plugins and and cfg files and then completely redownload rust server with oxide. Then just put the configure and plugin files back

 

hi guys so i got my rust server working and now people are starting to join so i tried using some of the admin commands but none of them work on my server they all say invalid or commands not found is there a fix for this or anything i can do?

 

Hi silver

How did you get your server on the list for people to join? Ive tried everything (firewall off, ports forwarded) and the only way other people can join is when they type the server ip in console, also cant ise all the commands

 

What admin commands are you trying to use? rcon.password does not work in console anymore you have to use Rusty for that which is an external rcon software. Make sure that once u have rusty open go to the setting section and log in to your server the ip port for the server is 28015 and rcon is 28016. after you have logged in to your server, go to the rcon tap and then in the second box where you can type you write "server.writecfg" then you put [ownerid (your steam 64id) "your steam name"] (without the brackets) and once that's done write "server.writecfg" again and you need to restart ur server and it should be working like you can access the F1 and click on item list and get items. As of the latest update to be able to noclip you have to rebind the controls. To do this open f1 and type "bind l noclip" that binds the l key to noclip. Good luck
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Ok in your server start file (.bat file) make sure you have a line that says server.hostname "what u want your server to be called". You will not be a ble to access your own server through the list ingame. Because you are portforwarding it you cannot see it therefore you have to do client.connect every time. If this doesn't work then it is your ISP or router. Also make sure you unplug and reconnect your router after port forwarding something. Your friends should be able to see your server and connect to it

 

Questions:

1. The RESTART command shuts down rust but does not stop RUSTDEDICATE.exe - is that correct?

1a. if this is true I still need to kill/stop the rustdedicated.exe process correct?

2. Does anyone have a script (batch file for windows server) that updates, rust, updates Oxide, updates/adds RustIO?

 

Are the instructions in OP up to date?

The package at Oxide for Rust | Oxide does not contain a RustDedicated.exe

 

wulf can you pm me, I need some help ??

 

When I downloaded the latest release of Oxide from Oxide for Rust | Oxide my installation didn't work. I believe this is because the DLL's are not included because when I execute the C#Compiler, it says mono.dll is missing, even though I found it myself buried in the Managed folder. No one else has mentioned this problem though.... Am I missing something obvious??

 

That's the thing- there aren't any Oxide folders, and when booting up the server, there is no [Oxide] information like all these videos I've watched says there should be. I simply extracted all the folders from the Oxide zip folder into my rust_dedicated folder, like the guide instructs.

One thing to note- my oxide.root.json file has a notepad icon next to it. I opened it and saw directories referring to "{oxide.directory}", "server\\{server.identity}\\oxide", and "server\\my_server_identity\\oxide" but none of these directories are being created upon install. Is the oxide.root.json file supposed to be opened by notepad, or do I need some Java-related program installed? I do have the latest version of Java installed (Ver 8 Update 66)

 

I didn't edit the json file, just viewed it. And specifically what do you mean by "install" Oxide? Extract to the rust_dedicated folder? I did that, and have ran the server multiple times, before and after extraction.

 

You extract oxide to the same place the RustDedicated_Data folder is not in the RustDedicated_Data folder hope you put it outside the folder

 

Well the Oxide install guide said to extract to the same folder that RustDedicated.exe is located, and that file is the PARENT of RustDedicated_Data. I'll try extracting to the RustDedicated_Data folder instead and see if it works.

 

You understand it does not go into the RustDedicated_Data folder

 

If he sees my ss I am sure he will understand

 

Oh sorry- I misread your post. Yes, I extracted to the same folder as the RustDedicated.exe, which is also outside the RustDedicated_Data folder.

And yes, my rustserver folder looks just like yours.